Coleman Hawkins Quartet - The Complete Jazz Sessions 1962 (2-Disc Set)

The sound of Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) remains, after all these years, as immediately recognizable as his direct and compelling ability to swing. No jazzman played with more fire the uptempo tunes and no one could be more persuasive on ballads. With the fluent support of his then-regular rhythm section, he made these four excellent albums. Three "Good Old Broadway," "No Strings," "Make Someone Happy" which include jazz versions of Broadway show tunes, are from Prestige's Moodsville series. The fourth, "Today and Now," made for Impulse, explores everything from gentle, moody ballads and bluesy, mid-tempo pieces to some Hawk originals.

Overall, this 2-CD set is an interesting mixture of classics and undeservedly lesser-known compositions. Hawk gives each of these richly melodic songs a broadly warm and moving reading. Tommy Flanagan is his usual imperturbable, tastefully swinging self, intuitively grasping the feeling of the tunes and showing he was among the best pianists, technically and creatively, excellent as a soloist and a superb accompanist. On drums, Eddie Locke is typically capable, and bassist Major Holley contributes some delightfully humorous solos in a quartet that shows how to play firstrate, uncomplicated music.

Album: The Complete Jazz Sessions 1962 (Disc 1)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 79:48

Size: 182.7 MB

Styles: Saxophone jazz

Year: 2013

[4:31] 1. Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree

[5:31] 2. Swingin' Scotch

[9:52] 3. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet

[4:20] 4. The Sweetest Sounds

[3:15] 5. Maine

[4:48] 6. A Fellow Needs A Girl

[4:08] 7. Here I'll Stay

[4:14] 8. Love Song From Apache

[4:41] 9. Don't Love Me

[4:12] 10. Get Out Of Town

[6:16] 11. Strange Music

[4:47] 12. Quintessence

[6:26] 13. Go Li'l Liza

[4:32] 14. Look No Further

[4:44] 15. I Believe In You

[3:25] 16. Have I Told You Lately

The Complete Jazz Sessions (Disc 1) 

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Album: The Complete Jazz Sessions 1962 (Disc 2)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 65:09

Size: 149.2 MB

Styles: Saxophone jazz

Year: 2013

Art: Front

[4:51] 1. Out Of My Dreams

[4:12] 2. Loads Of Love

[3:05] 3. Make Someone Happy

[2:25] 4. Wanting You

[4:06] 5. The Man That Got Away

[3:06] 6. Be My Host

[4:32] 7. Climb Ev'ry Mountain

[3:22] 8. Nobody Told Me

[5:58] 9. The Man Who Has Everything

[3:20] 10. La La La

[4:21] 11. I Talk To The Trees

[4:31] 12. Cry Like The Wind

[4:46] 13. No Strings

[7:48] 14. Wouldn't It Be Loverly

[4:38] 15. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

The Complete Jazz Sessions (Disc 2)

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